Everton and Liverpool chasing same talent – Potential Merseyside battle on the way

Everton and Liverpool are now added to the race for Schalke 04 youngster Assan Ouédraogo.

The information is brought by Sky Deutschland journalist Florian Plettenberg, who brings interesting news about this chase.

He claims that Liverpool and ‘especially Jurgen Klopp’ have been monitoring Ouédraogo at the Bundesliga 2 side. But they have competition from Everton, who also want to bring him to the Premier League.

There’s an attractive factor for those clubs, which is a release clause the midfielder has at Schalke 04. It’s said that next summer, he can be bought for only €20m.

Ouédraogo was promoted to the club’s first team this summer, and already has nine appearances for them, even scoring a goal on his debut.

The youngster had already been linked to a Premier League move last week, when Brighton & Hove Albion were first said to be interested in him. So that’s something Everton and Liverpool should watch out for.

Plettenberg highlights what a ‘versatile midfielder’ Ouédraogo is, and he must be impressing the scouts to draw such early attention from Premier League clubs.